Method of selling a custom product as an over-the-counter commodity item
AssigneeQmm, LLC
InventorsTimothy R. McGrath, Patrick T. Moore
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of selling a supplier's product to a consumer, wherein the method includes providing a physical representation of a product to the consumer. The physical representation includes a temporarily concealed first unique identifier corresponding to the physical representation of the product. The method further includes selling the physical representation to the consumer, providing a network location to the consumer for facilitating the redemption of the product with the first unique identifier, and shipping the product to the consumer.
Claims12
A method of selling a supplier's product to a consumer, the method comprising:
- (a) creating a physical representation of a product, the physical representation of a product comprising:
- (i) temporarily concealed first, second, and third unique identifiers corresponding to the physical representation of the product;
- (ii) a visible fourth unique identifier corresponding to the physical representation of the product;
- (b) providing a first computing device in communication with a network location;
- (c) processing, by the first computing device, an order for at least one physical representation of a product in exchange for payment of a first predetermined value;
- (d) storing, by the first computing device, the fourth unique identifier of each of the at least one physical representation of a product ordered product in an internal listing of unique identifiers in a database of the first computing device;
- (e) storing, by the first computing device, the corresponding first, second, and third unique identifiers for the at least one physical representation of a product in the internal listing of unique identifiers in a database of the first computing device;
- (f) activating, by the first computing device, the first, second, and third unique identifiers within the database;
- (g) providing the at least one physical representation of a product to a retailer;
- (h) selling the at least one physical representation to the consumer in exchange for payment of a second predetermined value;
- (i) providing, by the first computing device, a network location accessible by a second computing device for facilitating redemption of the product that allows a consumer to:
- (i) input the first, second, and third unique identifiers;
- (ii) input customizable information about the product;
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- (iii) input shipping information for receiving the product;
- (j) processing, by the first computing device, the information input by the consumer to authenticate the first, second, and third unique identifiers;
- (k) updating, by the first computing device, the internal listing of unique identifiers in the database to reflect the redemption of the product corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth unique identifiers;
- (l) creating and shipping the product to the consumer;
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- (m) deactivating, by the first computing device, the first, second, third, and fourth unique identifiers within the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.